High Tech Ideas for Low Tech Classrooms / Professional Development / Technology for Teaching and Learning May 23, 2010 High Tech Ideas for Low Tech Classrooms: VoiceThread Some time back, Anita Kwiatkowska encouraged me to start a new series. I’ve actually been thinking of this idea for a few months, when OUP asked me to do a series of presentations about... Share this:FacebookLinkedInTwitterPinterestPrintMoreEmailTumblrRedditPocket
Professional Development / Stuff All EFL Teachers Should Know May 23, 2010 How to Create a Jazz Chant by Carolyn Graham Last November, Carolyn Graham did a workshop at the JALT National Conference in Shizuoka, Japan, on how to make a Jazz Chant. I taped her workshop, and with her permission am sharing the part... Share this:FacebookLinkedInTwitterPinterestPrintMoreEmailTumblrRedditPocket
Personal Learning Network May 20, 2010 Intersection on an E-Ferry (a poem by Hamdi Erestreams) Hamdi is a teacher I recently met on Facebook. He has taught EFL for 12 years in Tunisia and has recently begun to explore Facebook and Twitter as places to connect with other teachers... Share this:FacebookLinkedInTwitterPinterestPrintMoreEmailTumblrRedditPocket
Lessons Learned from Students May 18, 2010 Never under-estimate what your students can teach you! (by Berni Wall) As an EFL teacher with a long career, I’ve been around the block a few times! I’ve taught all levels from kindergarten to mature adults and I think I’ve learnt one or two things... Share this:FacebookLinkedInTwitterPinterestPrintMoreEmailTumblrRedditPocket
Professional Development May 13, 2010 Love and Respect (by Melania Paduraru) A few days ago, a much younger colleague of mine in her first teaching year was complaining about how difficult it is to be a teacher and how stressed she feels when entering a... Share this:FacebookLinkedInTwitterPinterestPrintMoreEmailTumblrRedditPocket
Activities May 13, 2010 Music and Movement for Young English Learners (by Kathleen Kampa and Charles Vilina) Matt Richelson makes some excellent points about the power of music in the EFL classroom in his recent article, “Teaching Young Learners With Songs.” I use music and movement daily with young learners in... Share this:FacebookLinkedInTwitterPinterestPrintMoreEmailTumblrRedditPocket
Stories from the Front Lines of EFL April 22, 2010 Teaching English in Brazil (by Henrick Oprea) Brazil is a wonderful country, well known for its hospitable inhabitants, samba, its amazing football squad, and a couple of other traits which make it a great place to spend your vacations in. Most... Share this:FacebookLinkedInTwitterPinterestPrintMoreEmailTumblrRedditPocket
Lessons Learned from Students April 15, 2010 Teachers or Trainers? (by Marisa Pavan) I have two nieces and I love taking them to the cinema as I really enjoy watching children’s movies, which are highly inspiring for me as sources of values I can apply in my... Share this:FacebookLinkedInTwitterPinterestPrintMoreEmailTumblrRedditPocket
Stuff All EFL Teachers Should Know April 3, 2010 Children are Always Cute (by Esra Girgin Gümüştekin) “A hundred years from now it will not matter what my bank account was, the sort of house I lived in, or the kind of car I drove…but the world may be different because... Share this:FacebookLinkedInTwitterPinterestPrintMoreEmailTumblrRedditPocket
Personal Learning Network April 1, 2010 The Wonder of Contact! (by Hadley Ferguson) More on Hadley’s adventures in online collaboration. If you’d like to read the beginning of this adventure, check out “New Friends” It was a marvelous day for my students when we got to share... Share this:FacebookLinkedInTwitterPinterestPrintMoreEmailTumblrRedditPocket